{"id":27,"date":"2013-11-29T11:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T10:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/elisabetpladevallcv\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:52:35","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/elisabetpladevallballester\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">2 Trams d&#8217;investigaci\u00f3 (<em>sexennis<\/em>) (2008-2013; 2014-2019), AQU Catalunya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning.<br \/>\nYoung Language Learners.<br \/>\nCLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning).<br \/>\nTeaching English as a Foreign Language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Administration Positions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colaboradora de la Divisi\u00f3n de Coordinaci\u00f3n, Evaluaci\u00f3n y Seguimiento Cient\u00edfico y T\u00e9cnico. <strong style=\"font-size: revert;letter-spacing: 0.05rem\">Gestora del \u00e1rea cient\u00edfica:<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert;letter-spacing: 0.05rem\"> Mente, lenguaje y pensamiento (MLP). Sub\u00e1rea: Ling\u00fc\u00edstica y Lenguas (LyL). Agencia Estatal de Investigaci\u00f3n (AEI), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00f3n (MICINN) (2023-2026).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-director of the Scientific Panel &#8220;Adquisici\u00f3n y Aprendizaje&#8221;, AESLA (Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica Aplicada)<\/strong> (elected in April 2021).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Funded research projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2025-2029 &#8211; <strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong>, PID2024-157524NB-100 <em>Enhancing linguistic development and engagement with EFL through peer interaction in young and adolesecent learners<\/em> \/\/ El desarrollo ling\u00fc\u00edstico y la implicaci\u00f3n activa en el aprendizaje del ingl\u00e9s como lengua extranjera (EFL) a trav\u00e9s de la interacci\u00f3n entre iguales en ni\u00f1os y adolsecentes, 61.250\u20ac, Departament de Filologia Anglesa i German\u00edstica. Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>2020-2024 &#8211; <strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong>, PID2019-107328GB-100 <em>The effects of in-class task-based peer interaction on young learners English as a foreign language<\/em> \/\/ Los efectos de la interacci\u00f3n entre aprendices j\u00f3venes a trav\u00e9s de tareas comunicativas en el aula de ingl\u00e9s como lengua extranjera, 47.190\u20ac, Departament de Filologia Anglesa i German\u00edstica. Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">2015-2018 &#8211; Researcher, FFI2014-54179-C2-1-P <em>La apropiaci\u00f3n del ingl\u00e9s como lengua global en la escuela catalana: Un acercamiento multiling\u00fce, situado y comparativo (APINGLO-CAT)<\/em> \/\/ The appropriation of English as a global language in Catalan schools: A multilingual, situated and comparative approach. Principal Investigator: Eva Cod\u00f3 Olsina, 38.000\u20ac, Departament de Filologia Anglesa i German\u00edstica. Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">2010-2014 &#8211; <strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong>, FFI2010-19997 <i>Los Efectos del Aprendizaje de Contenidos Curriculares y Lenguas Extranjeras (AICLE) en la Adquisici\u00f3n y Desarrollo del Ingl\u00e9s<\/i>. Un Estudio Longitudinal, 48.400\u20ac, Departament de Filologia Anglesa i German\u00edstica. Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">2009-2011 &#8211; Researcher, FFI2009-09349 <i>Periferias: t\u00f3picos y argumentos en la adquisici\u00f3n y contacto de lenguas. La interacci\u00f3n entre el orden de palabras y las relaciones gramaticales en los sistemas biling\u00fces<\/i>. Investigador Principal: Aurora Bel Gaya, Departament de Traducci\u00f3 i Filologia, UPF (dins del grup de recerca ALLENCAM, UPF)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">April 2007 \u2013 April 2008 &#8211; Researcher, 2006ARIE10065 (Ajuts per donar suport al desenvolupament de projectes de recerca i innovaci\u00f3 en mat\u00e8ria educativa i d\u2019ensenyament formal (reglat) i no formal (no reglat) &#8211; AGAUR) <i>Avaluaci\u00f3 de l\u2019expressi\u00f3 escrita en llengua anglesa d\u2019alumnes participants en Projectes Comenius<\/i> (EEAAC). Principal investigator: Dr Mar Guti\u00e9rrez-Colon, Departament de Filologia Anglogerm\u00e0nica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, URV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">January 2004 \u2013 September 2005 &#8211; Research Assistant, BFF2003-08364-C02-02 <i>(A)simetr\u00edas sint\u00e1cticas en catal\u00e1n y espa\u00f1ol<\/i>. Principal investigator: \u00a0Dr Ma Llu\u00efsa Hernanz, Departament de Filologia Catalana, UAB.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">January 2003 \u2013 December 2003 &#8211; Researcher\/Research Assistant, BFF2000-0504 <i>El desarrollo de las categor\u00edas gramaticales: An\u00e1lisis contrastivo de la adquisici\u00f3n ling\u00fc\u00edstica temprana del ingl\u00e9s, castellano y catal\u00e1n<\/i>. Principal investigator: Dr Mireia Llin\u00e0s i Grau, Departament de Filologia Anglesa, UAB.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Research groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Researcher (coordinator of the research line EFLIC (English as a Foreign Language in Instructed Contexts), <strong>Grup de Recerca Consolidat de la Generalitat de Catalunya GReLA (2021SGR00684) Grup de Recerca en Ling\u00fc\u00edstica Anglesa: \u00das i Adquisici\u00f3 en Contextos Multiling\u00fces<\/strong>, <em>Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de German\u00edstica, UAB<\/em> (2021-2024), 40.000\u20ac, Principal Investigator: Dr Eva Cod\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Investigator, <strong>Grup de Recerca Consolidat de la Generalitat de Catalunya EFLIC (2017SGR752)<\/strong> <strong>English as a Foreign Language in Instruction Contexts, <\/strong><em>Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de German\u00edstica, UAB<\/em> (2017-2021)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Principal Investigator, <strong><em>Grup de Recerca Emergent de la Generalitat de Catalunya<\/em> EFLIC (2014SGR693) English as a Foreign Language in Instruction Contexts, <\/strong><em>Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de German\u00edstica, UAB<\/em> (2014-2016)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Principal Investigator,<b> Grup de Recerca UAB CLILSLA Project<\/b> (2502) (Content and Language Integrated Learning and Second Language Acquisition), <em>Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de German\u00edstica, UAB<\/em> (2013-2018)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Collaborator, <em>Grup de Recerca Consolidat de la Generalitat de Catalunya<\/em> <b>ALLENCAM (2009SGR140)<\/b> Adquisici\u00f3 de Lleng\u00fces des de la Catalunya Multiling\u00fce, adscrit al Departament de Traducci\u00f3 i Ci\u00e8ncies del Llenguatge, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Principal Investigator: Dr Carmen P\u00e9rez-Vidal (2009-2014).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Collaborator, Grup de Recerca Interdisciplinar sobre Adquisici\u00f3 i Multiling\u00fcisme \u2013 <b>GRIAM<\/b> (1475), <em>Departament de Filologia Anglesa i de German\u00edstica de la UAB<\/em> (2006-2016).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transfer Contracts (Convenis de Col.laboraci\u00f3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Escola PAIDOS (Sant Fruit\u00f3s del Bages, Spain), 17624, 17\/09\/2019 \u2013 16\/09\/2021, Descripci\u00f3, an\u00e0lisi i visi\u00f3 de futur sobre l\u2019ensenyament de l\u2019angl\u00e8s a l\u2019escola, 590\u20ac, Principal investigator: Dr Elisabet Pladevall Ballester.<\/p>\n<p>English Worldwide SL (ABA English),\u00a0 228461515, 30\/09\/2022 \u2013 31\/01\/2024, Desenvolupament i validaci\u00f3 d\u2019un test de nivell, 31.645\u20ac, Principal investigator: Dr Elisabet Pladevall Ballester.<\/p>\n<p>Fundaci\u00f3 Bofill, 31\/07\/2025 &#8211; 31\/01\/2026, Millorar els resultats d\u2019Angl\u00e8s a Catalunya: Agenda de Mesures per a la Pol\u00edtica Educativa, 1600\u20ac, Principal investigator: Dr Elisabet Pladevall Ballester.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transfer Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ajuts d&#8217;Ind\u00fastria del Coneixement 2024. Modalitat Llavor, 2024 LLAV 00037. 2024-2025. Developing tests for receptive and productive vocabulary skills in Catalan, 20.000\u20ac, Principal investigator: Adriana Soto Corominas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Stays Abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2023 August <span lang=\"en-US\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication, <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">School of Education, Communication &amp; Society. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">King\u2019s College London, UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2016 July-August Centre for Linguistics, Language Education and Acquisition Research (CLLEAR). Department of Modern Languages. University of Southampton, UK.<br \/>\n2001-2002: Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London (UCL), MA Linguistics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Committees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><!-- [if gte mso 10]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p>2021-present &#8211; Scientific Board of <em>Atlantis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>2018, 2020 &#8211; Member of Comisi\u00f3n T\u00e9cnica de evaluaci\u00f3n de los proyectos del Programa Estatal Retos-Plan General de Conocimiento (PGC) 2018 y 2020 en el \u00e1rea tem\u00e1tica 4 MLP (Mente, lenguaje y pensamiento), sub\u00e1rea LYL (Ling\u00fc\u00edstica y Lenguas).<\/p>\n<p>2018 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scientific Board of CLIL Journal of Innovation and Research in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Education, UAB.<\/p>\n<p>2019. Scientific committee AESLA 2019. Universidad de Valladolid.<\/p>\n<p>2018. Scientific committee AEDEAN 2018. Universidad de Huelva.<\/p>\n<p>2018. Scientific committee AESLA 2018. Universidad de C\u00e1diz.<\/p>\n<p>2017. Chair of the organising committee of ASYRAS Barcelona 2017, 5th International Conference of the Association of Young Researchers on Anglophone Studies, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>2016. Chair of the organising committee of the Workshop \u201cEnglish as a Foreign Language in Instructed Contexts\u201d, UAB, organised by the Research Group EFLIC.<\/p>\n<p>2016. Member of the expert committee for the Italian Research and University Evaluation Agency (ANVUR) which is evaluating the Italian research System for the period 2011-2014 (VQR 2011-2014) http:\/\/www.anvur.it\/attachments\/article\/825\/Call%20VQR_2011_2014_11nov_~.pdf<\/p>\n<p>2016. Scientific committee. The Seventh International Conference on Task-Based Language Teaching 2017, Barcelona (University of Barcelona), Spain<\/p>\n<p>2014. Chair of the organising committee of the Workshop \u201cLearning English as a Foreign Language in Primary and Secondary School contexts\u201d, UAB, organised by the Research Group EFLIC.<\/p>\n<p>2014. Scientific committee. HEPCLIL 2014 (Higher Education Perspectives on Content and Language Integrated Learning). Universitat de Vic.<\/p>\n<p>2011. Steering committe at the <i>2nd Barcelona Summer School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism<\/i>. Universitat Pompeu Fabra.<\/p>\n<p>2007. Organising committee at GALA <i>(Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition), <\/i><em>Departament de Filologia Catalana,<\/em> Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>2006. Organising committee at GLOW (<i>Generative\u00a0 Linguistics in the Old World<\/i>), <em>Departament de Filologia Catalana<\/em>, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reviewer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.<\/p>\n<p>International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism<\/p>\n<p>Language and Education<\/p>\n<p>System<\/p>\n<p>Language Teaching Research<\/p>\n<p>Language, Culture and Curriculum<\/p>\n<p>Frontiers in Psychology<\/p>\n<p>Educational Studies<\/p>\n<p>Critical Studies in Education<\/p>\n<p>Sintagma<\/p>\n<p>Languages<\/p>\n<p>RAEL<\/p>\n<p>Language, Learning and Development<\/p>\n<p>VIAL (Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics)<\/p>\n<p>Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education<\/p>\n<p>Atlantis<\/p>\n<p>EUROSLA<\/p>\n<p>AEDEAN<\/p>\n<p>AESLA<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;la Caixa&#8221; International grants program (2014, 2015)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Associations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AEDEAN (Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Estudios Angloamericanos)\u00a0 (2004 to present)<\/p>\n<p>AESLA (Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Ling\u00fc\u00edstica Aplicada) (2006 to present)<\/p>\n<p>EUROSLA (European Second Language Association) (2014 to present)<\/p>\n<p>ELLRA (Early Language Learning Association) (2023 to present)<\/p>\n<p>ASYRAS (Association of Young Researchers on Anglophone Studies) (Member of the Executive Board &#8211; 2015-2017)<\/p>\n<p>AILA Research Network in Early Language Learning (2019 to present).<\/p>\n<p>AAAL American Association for Applied Linguistics (from 2020 to present)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Trams d&#8217;investigaci\u00f3 (sexennis) (2008-2013; 2014-2019), AQU Catalunya. Research interests Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning. Young Language Learners. CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning). Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Research Administration Positions Colaboradora de la Divisi\u00f3n de Coordinaci\u00f3n, Evaluaci\u00f3n y Seguimiento Cient\u00edfico y T\u00e9cnico. 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